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In September the house takes back what summer had borrowed. The hours return between the walls, and the rooms we crossed in a hurry ask to be looked at again.
Coming back in late August has a precise sound: the door opening, closed air starting to move, shutters letting the light in again. Re-inhabiting is a gesture, and it is worth doing well.
In summer we live on the threshold. Loggia, porch, veranda: the strip between indoors and out becomes the most lived-in room of the house, and deserves to be designed as one.
In August many homes are left behind. Shutters half closed, still air, light crossing the rooms with no one to watch it. It is worth asking what stays beautiful when no one is there.
In summer the evening lasts for hours. It is the moment when the home moves outside, and artificial light should accompany, not replace.